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Sex=happiness=economic growth

People flock to gurus to unlock the secrets of happiness, psychologists extol the power of positive thinking and the pursuit of happiness, instead of being a right, has become a duty. Much has changed since the days of...

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Beyond No-Fault Finance

Restoring stability and fairness requires thinking about the whole economy, not just Wall Street. Relative to the voices of the establishment, both in the political world and in the mainstream financial press, Prins is...

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Bank lending shrinks further

LONDON (Reuters) - International bank lending dropped by over $300 billion or 1.1 percent in the second quarter as the financial crisis continued to restrain credit, according to Bank for International Settlements data.

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Bank of England governor calls for banks to be split into separate utility companies and risky...

Bank of England governor, Mervyn King, on Tuesday night called or banks to be split into separate utility companies and risky ventures, saying it was “a delusion” to believe tougher regulation would prevent future financial...

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JPM Executive Says Asia Should Look Beyond IMF (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

By Jon Hilsenrath Andrew Crockett, president of J.P. Morgan Chase International and former general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, a central bank for central bankers, says it is time to give Asia it’s due....

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The US Dollar Shortage & Policy Response

The next market session will close: The Bank for International Settlements has released a paper by Patrick McGuire and Goetz von Peter titled The US dollar shortage in global banking and the international policy response: Among...

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China not currency manipulator: U.S. government

The U.S. government said on Thursday that China did not manipulate its currency against the U.S. dollar and has made significant contribution to the world economic recovery during the first half of 2009. "No major trading...

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Trading book quantitative impact study by the Basel Committee: results

Donderdag 15 oktober 2009 | Bank for International Settlements (BIS) ] The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued today the results of its recent trading book quantitative impact study, which assesses the impact of the...

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The Economic Recovery is an Illusion

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and Debt is Recovery In light of the ever-present and unyieldingly persistent exclamations of *an end* to the recession, a *solution* to the crisis, and a *recovery* of...

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Why?

TommytortugamTommytortugam 8:45AM Oct 9 2009 Destroying A Nation: Money And Murder Of The National Sovereignty 04 September 2009, By Nikki Alexander If you wanted to destroy the infrastructure that holds our constitutional...

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